warper

Mr Clark, now 73, worked as a plumber and Mrs Clark, 69, as a warper at a textiles firm.

Ellen Conroy (probably their daughter) - a silk warper who died at the age of 35 in 1863.

Origin

Old Englishweorpan (verb), wearp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutchwerpen and German werfen 'to throw'. Early verb senses included 'throw', 'fling open', and 'hit (with a missile)'; the sense 'bend' dates from late Middle English. The noun was originally a term in weaving (sense 2 of the noun).

This is from a Germanic source with a basic sense of ‘to throw, twist’. Early verb senses included ‘throw’, ‘fling open’, and ‘hit (with a missile)’; the sense ‘bend’ dates from late Middle English. The noun was originally a term in weaving, reflecting the way threads go backwards and forwards.